Mike Hosking Breakfast
| Other names | Newstalk ZB Breakfast |
|---|---|
| Genre | News / news talk |
| Running time |
06:00am–08:30am Monday–Friday |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | Newstalk ZB |
| Host(s) | Mike Hosking |
| Recording studio | Auckland |
| Air dates | since 1987 |
| Sponsor(s) | ASB Bank |
| Website | Official website |
| Podcast | Hosking That Was |
The Mike Hosking Breakfast is the breakfast programme on New Zealand radio network Newstalk ZB. The 150-minute show of interviews, correspondents, conversations, commentaries and quickfire talkback on the issues and business developments of the day. Separate half-hourly news bulletins, sports highlights, traffic updates and weather forecasts are broadcast for Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and the nationwide ZB network, alongside headlines at quarter past and quarter to the hour.[1]
Jack Tame, Susan Wood and Larry Williams serve as substitute hosts. Tim Dower presents a 180-minute version of the show on summer and public holidays.ASB Bank is the show's naming rights sponsor.[1] The show runs in direct competition to Morning Report on RNZ National, and Paul Henry Breakfast on TV3 and Radio Live.
Hosking became host in 2009, replacing Paul Holmes who had presented the show since 1987.[2] A Christchurch version of the show, hosted by John Dunne and Ken Ellis, also aired from 1987 to 2008, while a Wellington version, presented by Lindsay Yeo, aired from 1987 to 1996.
Structure
First hour
The first hour of the programme includes news discussions, finance experts, news interviews and overseas correspondents.[1]
Second hour
The second hour includes short-form interviews, longer-form interviews and ASB Bank sponsored segments - with a wide array of guests ranging from lawyers to frontline social workers.[3][4][5] A weekly chat with the prime minister of the day at 7.40am Monday mornings has become a cornerstone of the Newstalk ZB Breakfast - a biography of John Key mentions it as the very first thing he does every week.[6] The answers provided by this interview often receive further coverage or spark further stories in other media.[7]
Final half hour
The final half-hour includes panel discussions with sports commentators, politicians or news journalists, or feature interviews with special guests.[8][9] The show includes feature interviews with visiting Australian politicians, like treasurer Joe Hockey and former prime minister Julia Gillard.[10] Victor O'Connor, the father of singer Lorde, was interviewed on the programme about his daughter's success, describing it as a "surreal" and "incredible ride".[11]
References
- 1 2 3 "Mike Hosking Breakfast with ASB". newstalkzb.co.nz. New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ↑ "Paul Holmes and Mike Hosking, Newstalk ZB, 2008". Getty Images via Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ "Nick Russell on Newstalk ZB". Chen Palmer. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ "Newstalk ZB Interview". Tough Love. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ "Mike Hosking chats about why Kiwi success matters". ASB Bank. August 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ John Roughan (2014). John Key: Portrait of a Prime Minister, Penguin: Auckland.
- ↑ "John Key on Newstalk ZB this morning". The One Ring. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ "Labour needs to stop copying US Republicans". National Business Review. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ Wendyl Nissen (2010). A Home Companion: My Year of Living Like My Grandmother. Allen & Unwin: Sydney.
- ↑ "Joe Hockey interview with Mike Hosking, Newstalk ZB". Australian treasury. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ Marc Shapiro (2014). Lorde: Your Heroine – How This Young Feminist Broke All The Rules and Succeeded. Riverdale Avenue Books: New York.
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